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Installation
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Docker
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When running docker image, no special installation is needed -- the docker will automatically download the image if not present.

Just run ``docker run --rm -it -v $(pwd):/data -p 8080:8080 maptiler/tileserver-gl``.

Additional options (see :doc:`/usage`) can be passed to the TileServer GL by appending them to the end of this command. You can, for example, do the following:

* ``docker run ... maptiler/tileserver-gl --file my-tiles.mbtiles`` -- explicitly specify which mbtiles to use (if you have more in the folder)
* ``docker run ... maptiler/tileserver-gl --verbose`` -- to see the default config created automatically

npm
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npm is supported on the following platforms with `Native Dependencies <#id1>`_ installed.

- Operating systems:

  - Ubuntu 24.04 (x64/arm64)
  - macOS 15 (x64/arm64)
  - Windows (x64)

- Node.js 20,22,24
  
Install globally from npmjs.
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::

  npm install -g tileserver-gl
  tileserver-gl

Install locally from source
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::

  git clone https://github.com/maptiler/tileserver-gl.git
  cd tileserver-gl
  npm install
  node .

Native dependencies
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Ubuntu 24.04 (x64/arm64)
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- apt install build-essential python3-setuptools pkg-config xvfb libglfw3-dev libuv1-dev libjpeg-turbo8 libicu-dev libcairo2-dev libpango1.0-dev libpng-dev libjpeg-dev libgif-dev librsvg2-dev librsvg2-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libpixman-1-dev

MacOS 15 (x64/arm64)
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- brew install pkg-config cairo pango libpng jpeg giflib librsvg harfbuzz

Windows (x64)
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- `Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable <https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe>`_

``tileserver-gl-light`` on npm
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Alternatively, you can use ``tileserver-gl-light`` package instead, which is pure javascript (does not have any native dependencies) and can run anywhere, but does not contain rasterization features.